Shares are of scheduled flights in the period shown. Codeshare flights are counted once, under the operating airline.
Flight timing & delays
Historical departures, grouped by the scheduled local time at the departure airport. These are recorded outcomes, not a forecast for your flight.
Times are local to the departure airport of each flight; both directions are combined.
US domestic sectors recorded by BTS
Source: the US BTS · Oct 12, 2024 → Jul 31, 2026
Lowest average delay07:00–08:00-0.8min · 665 recorded · 649 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour33.6min07:00 ↔ 20:00
Recorded flights10,312BOS–RDU
Departure hour
On-time departuresPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
100.050.00.0
00:0003:0006:0009:0012:0015:0018:0021:00
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Average departure delayPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
32.916.1-0.8
00:0003:0006:0009:0012:0015:0018:0021:00
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
1,4887440
00:0003:0006:0009:0012:0015:0018:0021:00
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Departure hour
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
00:00
No observations
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01:00
No observations
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02:00
No observations
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03:00
No observations
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04:00
No observations
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05:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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12
12
06:00
92.8%
-0.7 min
1,453
1,488
07:00
94.0%
-0.8 min
649
665
08:00
83.0%
5.9 min
440
442
09:00
89.5%
2.4 min
1,098
1,109
10:00
85.7%
4.7 min
763
784
11:00
75.8%
11.4 min
260
270
12:00
76.9%
12.4 min
424
426
13:00
79.7%
13.5 min
964
973
14:00
69.8%
16.6 min
318
333
15:00
73.0%
18.3 min
270
275
16:00
69.0%
25.1 min
886
899
17:00
66.0%
26.2 min
589
598
18:00
67.4%
25.8 min
294
303
19:00
63.6%
27.5 min
750
771
20:00
60.2%
32.9 min
738
754
21:00
54.9%
28.5 min
206
210
22:00
No observations
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23:00
No observations
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Day of week
On-time departuresPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
100.050.00.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Average departure delayPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
18.19.10.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
1,5998000
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
76.8%
14.2 min
1,548
1,599
Tuesday
81.9%
8.9 min
1,356
1,381
Wednesday
80.8%
8.2 min
1,405
1,414
Thursday
78.4%
14.6 min
1,537
1,561
Friday
76.3%
15.6 min
1,570
1,595
Saturday
80.2%
12.1 min
1,141
1,163
Sunday
74.6%
18.1 min
1,557
1,599
Month of year
Months combine the same calendar month across the years shown; this is a seasonal pattern, not a monthly time series.
On-time departuresPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
100.050.00.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Average departure delayPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
24.412.20.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
1,0355180
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
81.3%
10.9 min
739
775
Feb
79.4%
10.9 min
693
730
Mar
81.9%
13.3 min
916
935
Apr
81.8%
7.4 min
969
974
May
78.9%
11.6 min
1,031
1,035
Jun
76.8%
14.8 min
939
959
Jul
73.0%
23.2 min
912
944
Aug
78.3%
11.3 min
456
460
Sep
68.8%
24.4 min
506
512
Oct
76.6%
13.7 min
938
952
Nov
83.1%
7.2 min
1,007
1,013
Dec
75.3%
15.0 min
1,008
1,023
Delay and on-time rates need at least 200 measured departures per bucket. Smaller samples remain visible in the flight-count chart. An empty slot means no observations, not zero flights.
Recorded outcomes
On time76.7%7,913
Delayed >15 min21.3%2,201
Cancelled1.9%198
Missing departure time0.0%0
All recorded flights with a known scheduled local time, counted once. Missing actual times are shown separately.
On time means departing no more than 15 minutes after schedule. Cancelled flights and flights missing departure times are excluded from the on-time rate and average delay.
Flight numbers are the codes sold on tickets. On shared flights one aircraft can carry several of them. Only numbers with at least 30 flights have a page.